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Simple biochar stove by World Stove
WorldStove is committed to creating useful and innovative carbon negative products that increase qu… ivili 15 minutes ago 2 views
The Solar Warriors of Bhutan
This is a true story about rural women of Bhutan. This is about very simple women in Bhutan who hav… ivili 22 minutes ago 2 views
First Solar Powered de-salination plant in India
In September 2006, Barefoot College set up India’s first ever solar powered Reverse Osmosis plant f… ivili 26 minutes ago 1 view
Low cost energy for isolated communities
Mathias Craig launched blueEnergy to provide a low-cost, sustainable solution to the energy needs o… ivili 40 minutes ago 2 views
Low cost sanitary pads for Africa
Seventy percent of girls and women in Kenya cannot afford sanitary pads which retail at USD1.02 per… ivili 45 minutes ago 1 view
Teach A Man To Fish - The Financially Self-Sufficient School Model
How can you provide access to a free, high quality, education for the poorest students in developin… ivili 54 minutes ago 1 view
Electricity from Rice Husks
A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 hous… ivili 59 minutes ago 1 view
Global Soap Project: recycling soap from hotels to refugee camps
The Global Soap Project recovers and recycles soap from American hotels. The discarded soap is sani… ivili Jan 21 49 views
Greening the desert revisited
Revisit the renowned "Greening the Desert" project, with recent footage from the original site and… ivili Jan 21 34 views
Homemade bicycle repair gadgets
Bicycle repairman in Karen on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Using home made gadgets. Find out m… ivili Jan 21 46 views
10 Tactics - the art of successful digital activism
10 tactics features 35 info-activism stories told from the point of view of advocates in 24 differe… ivili Jan 21 34 views
Growing alternative to styrofoam with fungi
Greensulate™, is a direct replacement for expanded polystyrene (EPS) products. Composed of renewabl… ivili Jan 21 43 views
The Open Source Hydrogen Car
UK firm Riversimple are designing a truly alternative car. It runs on hydrogen power, has a carbon… ivili Jan 21 37 views
Vitya the Recycling Man
'Vitya' aims to do three things: explore the environmental theme of recyling; give an insight into… Carol Horne Jan 14 37 views
Plastic Bag Recycling in Kenya
Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on a local, Nairobi, Kenya-based effort to re… Carol Horne Jan 14 70 views
Elsa Zaldívar - Combine loofah and plastic waste to make low-cost housing
Elsa Zaldívar takes leftover pieces of a vegetable sponge and mixes them with other vegetable matte… Carol Horne Jan 14 41 views
Build A Recycled Goat Barn Green Building
Use recycled materials to build a new goat barn. Carol Horne Jan 14 21 views
Sustainable Mushrooms grown in coffe grounds: A Special Eco-Innovation
A look at how two recent Berkeley grads have transformed a sustainable environmental idea into frui… Carol Horne Dec. 16, 2009 46 views
Recycling Plastic Milk Jugs into Fencing
The process to recycle milk jugs & other plastics into a durable plastic wood fencing product.… Carol Horne Dec. 2, 2009 86 views
The First Women Barefoot Solar Engineers Of The Gambia
Two rural illiterate women from The Gambia came to rural Rajasthan to train as Barefoot solar engin… Carol Horne Dec. 2, 2009 55 views
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License concern... 2 Replies
This is hard to categorize as seeking a solution - but I am seeking a response so I'll post here. Jeremy, I love that you've tagged the site with a Creative Commons license. I do strongly suggest no…
Tagged: knowledge-sharing, licenses
Started by Chris Watkins in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Chris Watkins Dec. 23, 2009.
Floating gardens: growing food on flooded land
This solution was created by Practical Action, adapting to climate change in Bangladesh http://practicalaction.org/food-produc of the land in the Gaibandha district of Bangladesh is covered by water…
Tagged: floating, gardens, hunger, agriculture, flood
Started by Carol Horne in Solution Offered... Nov. 20, 2009.
Can Straw bales be used externally to retrofit an existing building? 5 Replies
I want to use straw bales to retrofit an existing brick building (small detatched cottage in London) in order to improve its insulation. Is this possible and does it have any implications re intersti…
Tagged: insulation, bale, straw, building
Started by carolyn ingle in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by carolyn ingle Oct. 23, 2009.
UK too reliant on imported food? 3 Replies
51% of British food is imported. This means our food supply is not secure (although of course Britain's food supply is nowhere near as vulnerable as that of developing countries). There are also envi…
Started by Carol Horne in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Job S. Ebenezer Oct. 23, 2009.
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